Psalm 130:3
Old Testament • 6 words with Strong's data
"If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?"
Word-by-Word Analysis
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
δεῖ
deî
also deon deh-on'; neuter active participle of the same; both used impersonally; it is (was, etc.) necessary (as binding)
שָׁמַר
shâmar
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
עָמַד
ʻâmad
to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
Key Terms in This Verse
שָׁמַר shâmar
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
Study H8104 →δεῖ deî
also deon deh-on'; neuter active participle of the same; both used impersonally; it is (was, etc.) necessary (as binding)
Study G1163 →עָמַד ʻâmad
to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
Study H5975 →Cross References
And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.
Thou, even thou, art to be feared: and who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry?
For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?
If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity.
Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him.
What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner’s fire, and like fullers’ soap:
All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.
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